Month: November 2013

by CAMBRIA ROTH The University of Nevada Art Club held a gallery opening for the Annual Student Art show on Wednesday, Nov. 20 in the Student Galleries in the Jot Travis Building. Students of all majors were invited to submit their art pieces, paintings and photographs, which were then juried by

by ERIN MEYERING A journalist and a local family walk into a bar. The journalist examines it, captures the scene in a few pictures and decides the cobwebs strung along the ceiling only add to its allure. The local family, after a round of beers and shots of Fireball, discusses

Natasha Vitale reports on how Northern Nevada is recognizing the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), an annual observance on Nov. 20 that honors the memory of those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.

by SAGE LEEHEY The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt is made up of more than 48,000 three foot by six foot panels and is 1.3 million square feet in size. The majority of these panels are made by family members or loved ones in memory of someone who lost their life

by CAMBRIA ROTH Each Friday around 6 p.m. you will see children running around the Evelyn Mount Elementary School playground in Reno. Volunteers play tag with them, push them on the swing sets, and often just sit and talk about how the children’s week was. Pathfinders Children’s Ministry is an

by NATASHA VITALE The fight over healthcare in the United States has been a long one, and even came to an utter standstill as the Republican-led House of Representatives shut down the government in an attempt to delay Obamacare from becoming a reality in January. For the people who stand

by NIKKI ZANDER The chatter of nearly a hundred people hushed to a whisper as the hearse carrying Michael Landsberry’s casket pulled into the parking lot of Sparks Christian Fellowship on Nov. 3, nearly two weeks after a student killed the teacher at Sparks Middle School. Nearly 80 American flags

by NICHOLAS STACK The fourth annual South Lake Tahoe Food and Wine Festival kicked off this weekend, but there was something different in the air about this festival, and it wasn’t the food – it was Celebrity Chef Robert Irvine. Irvine, the star of Food Network shows “Dinner Impossible” and “Restaurant

story & photos by JULIANA BLEDSOE Hadji Paul’s Chicken & Feed, a longtime staple and favorite in the local food community of Northern Nevada, has just changed hands. You will still find Hadji Paul’s fresh, colorful eggs at farmers markets and on the menus of some of Reno’s most talked

by NATASHA VITALE The issue of medical marijuana dispensaries has come up several times since Senate Bill 374 was passed by Nevada in June, but the Reno City Council remains inactive on medical marijuana dispensary applications. At a meeting on Wed., the council ruled in a vote of 6-1 to